This Friday, February 11 (11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) and Saturday (10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will, as it did last year, host the Red Show, an “Affordable Valentine’s Day Crafts Fair” presented by NY Creates. The Fair will feature “handmade jewelry, clothing, pottery, soaps, sweets and other treats […]
Archive | February, 2011
No Brosnan, Only Sarah Jessica & Kinnear at Brooklyn Heights Film Shoot
Contrary to some published reports, Sarah Jessica Parker and Pierce Brosnan will not be part of next week’s filming of I Don’t Know How She Does It in Brooklyn Heights. Cameras are set to roll around Brooklyn Heights including Cranberry and Willow Street on Monday and Tuesday but according to the production publicist, the only […]
Cuomo Administration to LICH: Drop Dead
A decision by officials in Governor Cuomo’s administration to delay release of funds needed to finance the merger of Long Island College Hospital with SUNY Downstate Medical Center may have doomed the local health care facility, which could be forced to shut down next month. New York Times: A struggling Brooklyn hospital is making plans […]
MTA begins “Real-time” Bus Information test on Atlantic Ave
The MTA has begun testing a new bus information system for stops on the B-63 route along Atlantic Avenue. Customers can get real-time information on the location of buses (either distance or number of stops away) sent to the cell phone as a text message by specifying the bus stop they’re interested in, which will […]
Emergency Pothole Repair to Close Manhattan Bound Brooklyn Bridge Today Through Saturday
This in from Brooklyn Bridge Outreach: Due to the effects of continuing winter storms on the Brooklyn Bridge roadways, emergency resurfacing work begins this week. 11 PM-6AM Wed & Thurs, and 12AM to 6PM Sat, all Manhattan-bound traffic will be detoured to other crossings. The contraflow operation will be in effect, and all Brooklyn-bound traffic […]
Much Ado About Something – 3 BHA Members Quit Over Tobacco Warehouse Suit
The Brookly Eagle reports that 3 prominent members of the Brooklyn Heights Association have resigned in a dispute over the organization’s lawsuit to prevent the takeover and conversion of the Tobacco Warehouse by arts group St. Ann’s Warehouse. The trio of dissenters – former president David Offensend and former governors Hank Gutman and Joanne Witty. […]
Himalayas on Cranberry and Hicks
Snow is being piled into a heaping mound to make way for filming next week around Cranberry and Hicks. According to the sign, the film/TV show/commercial in question is called “IDK”. I don’t know if that means it’s called IDK or the producers don’t have a name yet. Either way, the kids are loving it. […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 2/8/11
Thefts at Planet Fitness, New York Sports Club and the Heights Casino. It’s safer to forego exercise and read this week’s blotter.
Seasons is the New Name of Bread and Butter
As previously reported, Bread and Butter [46 Henry Street] is being taken over by the owners of Picket Fence in Ditmas Park. BHB has learned that the name will be changed to Seasons. No word on an opening date yet. Karl Junkersfeld ventured out into the far away and mystical land of Ditmas Park to […]
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